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The Crown filed notice Monday that it will seek to lock up Michael Sona for longer than nine months for his role in a robocall that sent hundreds of opposition supporters to the wrong polling station in Guelph, Ont.

OTTAWA - Former chief electoral officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley gave a mixed review to the government’s elections reform bill Tuesday, highlighting some positive changes but joining other critics who warn it will disenfranchise some voters in violation of their constitutional rights.

OTTAWA – One of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's top advisers instructed a potential key witness in the robocalls investigation to delay an interview with an Elections Canada investigator until she could obtain legal advice.

OTTAWA — The prosecutors who decided to proceed with a charge against Conservative campaign worker Michael Sona in the robocall case must believe they have a shot at conviction, which suggests Elections Canada has evidence stronger than anything it has disclosed in publicly available court documents, says veteran elections lawyer Jack Siegel.

Fred DeLorey, director of communications for the Conservative Party of Canada, acknowledged Tuesday the party was responsible for a mysterious robocall recently made to Saskatchewan residents about electoral boundary changes.

OTTAWA -- Three days before the last federal election, Elections Canada confronted the Conservatives about suspicious calls directing voters to the wrong polling stations but were met with denials of any wrongdoing from the party's lawyer, internal emails show.

By Jason Fekete
Postmedia News
OTTAWA — Preston Manning cautioned his fellow Tories on Saturday that the conservative movement in Canada must practice as well as preach ethical policies, be open to new ideas and better train political candidates.